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Vol. 4.BELLOWS FALLS, VT., F11IDAY, JANUARY 14, 1859.NO. 2.BUSINESS CARDS.eo. O. Kobiusoii,ATTORNEY AMD COONSKLLKll AT LAW' KixuaTotr, Bock County, Wisconsin.i Will attend to Lav, Airenev-, Oeneral Collection and allkiula of tiusiuas. In the line o( lila Profession. 48C. A. FAIRBANKS,t suiirr actum, or asb ukaih uTRUNKS AND VALISES.Coach, Gig, Chaise, Buggy and Stag.HARNESSES.Paten! and Enamelfd Leather, EnameledCloth aad Carria(e Triraminw.,WHIPS, SADDLBKY, HORSK BLANKETS, IIARDWAKE. SLKIU1I BELLS, o.Tirt Dwn East nf Mammoth Black' BELLOWS t ALLS, May 1,1857.HARRIS, STONE A. CO.,COMMISSION MERCHANTSFOB. TBI sals or-FLOUR AND GRAIN.BILLOWS FALLS, VT., May 1, 1867.M. BLAKE,DENTIST.Performs all operation, la Dental Sweerv, ami manufacture- Mineral Teeth In Blurkt and full Seta.Grace la ManmMh Black aa Stair.BELLOWS FALLS, May 1, 1867.WILLIAM CON ANT,MAVUVACTCaKa Aiu dkalkb iCABINET FURNITURE,;SOFAS,CHAIRS,Laakiaa-Glamra, Mnlrewf.. WindowSbaileaaad Fixtaro, YcCOFFINS OF ALL SIZES AND DESCRIPTIONS,Cohbtaitlt ok hasd.WILLIAM ROUNDS,ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,CHESTER, VT.L. E. SIMON DS,PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.Saxtau River, Vt.J. I. BRIOGMAN,Altarary At CaaaM-llor at Lav A. Solicitor laChancery,BELLOWS FALLS, VT.' A MoT fnouniealoner to take the acknowledgment of Deeds, .DO Otlltri ihiiiiuikuib, M urc emc v. ..-.-. .stougiiton & grant,Attaraevs fc Caaaacllor. at Law Si Solicitar.in Chaacery.BELLOWS FALLS, VT.Office over Gray It Perry's Store.. K. STOBOHTOlt. L. A. ORAKT.II. G. BATESI) I I . e and Refre.kmcnt K.lias and Refre.kmcntAt Tit. Rill Road DKrvr,BELLOWS FALLS, VTweals reaiiy m.i - -the arrival of each train of car.. The travelling public are. ... j n..rwui.n.u.,,a nr Un bin-1. ruriiUhd on Irespectfully invited to call.SAMUEL NICHOLS, M. !.,PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,Office No. 3 Wlghtman. Block.ARIJAII S. CLARK,Wholesale and Retail Dealt r InSTOVES 4 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.And Manufacturer ofI'll, Fence. Machinery ya' : . . u ki.. ... I,,r h'su-uM-ieauuaa mc ' ....... -Town Iluuscs, Sciwol Uauira, c,jBRLLOws Falls, Vt. A. 8. Clark.M E L V I X WRIGHT,-GENERAL NEWSPAPER fc COLLECTING AGKN'CY,Far Vermont State.oo tirnuct a sk-cuuti ivrs wheh uwiuh.AHOrtM, ntOCTORSl'ILLH, VT.- D. E. PEIRCE," Manufacturer and render ot everything ever made fromMarble, Freeatone. Granite, or Soapatone.Mabbls Works ....BELLOWS FALLS, VT.JOHN W. MOORE,XtKALJn IHPURE DRUGS. MEDICINES, CHEMICALS,Perfumery Fancy Article.. School aad Miacellaneon. Booka. Mnaie Book,and Sheet Ma.ic.And all other Article, usually kept in Variety Store..BELLOWS FALLS, VT.S. SANDERS'Oyater Room and Gr.ctfT Stare.(soar. KB or T wriu,)BELLOWS FALLS, VT.'. COKSTAHTLT OS HAKD A.VO K 8AIM,atvaiera. Labour. Clama, SardinePin, Cakes. Confectionery, A;e.jOrsters furnished at wholesale and received daily from Mac' ket. Orders by mail or otherwise promptly attended to.L. AMADON,WATCHMAKER JEWELER.COXSTAXTLT roa 8ALWatches Clock.. Gold aad Silver W.rk,; and Fancy Good.AU30, A GOOD ASaoRTMaXT orGUNS, RIFLES AND FISHING TACKLE.;; Wentworto'a New Building.I. IK. XHOBM.DRUGGIST & APOTHECARY,10-ly orroarn the eon ornct,B11IILBIOSO, VERMONT.RUSSEL HYDE,DBALU IH"WEST-INDIA GOODS & GROCERIES.. ALSO IIIElonr.Lard, Ham., Fi.h.Tark. I.laadSnlt,Oil, Flaid, Matter, Cheese,CROCKERY ft GLASS WARE.The above Good, having- bee. boojrht tor CASH, will he soldat a small advance, for ready pay. Call atXewioaa Block N'a. 1.BELLOWS FALLS, May 1 1S571WILLIAM NUTTING, JR.,tAXTTAcrrMM orCIIURCn & PARLOR ORGANS,t Varying in price from $150 to $-2000. Also dealer in- p-gr-?Lano - Fortes j-rand Scraphincs.ORGANS AND PIANOS TCNKD AND REPAIRED.BELLOWS FALLS. VT.A. S. CAMPBELL,TT0RNEY k counsellor at law & SOLICITOR IN. ,. . . " . .v n. arnt ror taic ana rtre insurance toBpame.wt Fauj.at. - SlyS.FALLS TIMES.SWAIN.EDITOR AND PUBLISHESTERMS.Subscrlberrwho takeitat the ofnee, in advance.. I.YUlag. Subscriber, who receive their paper, bycarrier. luadvance, 1.50Ineluba,ia Windham and Windsor, Counties, laadvance, l.a,If paymentbedelayedsix months, 1.50Hail subscriber, out of Windham and WindsorCountiea,inrariably 1 a advanee, ..........1.50KATES OP ADVERTISING.Forone square, one insertion, 7 5 ctsTwelre and a half cents will be eharged for eachadditionaasertion.Legal advertisement, insorted at the usual rate, andiberaldlscount made to those who advertise yearly1 JOB PRINTING.Ourofficete furnished with th most approred materialUMdintbr.rt, for doing JOB PRINTING la U Tarietiat short noticandoaraiiaMe term. . . -The Two Pictures.ko. 1."Fannie?""What?"" Pa is tired ; can't you bring him adrink of water, dear ? "" I suppose I'll have to."Down goes the doll, slam goes the door,and out flirts the "darling Fannie" for thewished for beverage. When the water isbrought, it is cool, hut in it there is no refreshment. " Pa" looks nad. His heartaches for a loving daughter. But it's nothing to Fannie she "don't care."Years have flown" Fannie ?'"What?"" Is dinner ready ? I am in a great horry." " Yes, that's the first cry always. Andyou know Biddy is so slow. Now sit downhere and listen to this new piece of musicthum, thum, thum. Isn't it delightful,Harry ?"" Yes, Fannie dearest, but business cannot be delayed."''It cau't ? Well, perhaps you expectme to go into the kitchen and cook ? It"you do, I want it distinctly understood thatI wasn't brought up to it, and I didn't marryfor the sake of stooping to it."Thum, thum, thum, thrash, with a vengeance two ! Ringle, tingle, lingle ! ,dinner is ready at last. Cold and heavy,burned and raw. Husband looks sad, butwife "don't care." Away he goes perhaps to a saloon or to stand by the counter till his bruin reels and he looks morelike a corpse than a live man. Anil forwhom? A thing which sits in the parlorand plays on the piano, and gives him tounderstand that ''she wasn't brought up to. ,be 11 woman,and did'nt "marrv him" forthe sake of "stooping" to be ''his wife."riCTUUE NO. II."Fannie?"-(ti. I 'a has come, sis!" And downpatter little feet, and pa's neck is encircledwith tiny white arms, and his face coveredwith warm, soft kisses."Now, will Fannie bring father a drink?He is tired.""Yes, sir."And away twinkle the dainty feet, and aminute more, and dimpled hands are handing it. And then the hat is carried away,and the cane set in the corner, and pa looks Iso happy that Fannie taxes bis active little jbrain to its utmost to think of something. - - . . . . i . imore to do for him.Years have flown.Twelve. Hurry Nellie. Set up thechairs while I bring a pitcher of water.Father will be hern in a few minutes, now.Click s'am, tramp, tramp, trip!"Fannie?""Well, dear?""Is dinner ready. I am in a great hurry." "Just this minute ready, Harry.""I knew it would be. Clatter, clatter,clatter ! Bread good, vegetables good, meatgood, all good, but wife the best of all.""Fannie, I am in trouble.""About what, pray tell.""Oh, my wife is the great torment of mylife. The little minute runs so fast that it' keeps me all the time in a sweat to keepi up with her. The fact is, she wilts mewith her unnumbered little kindnesses. Itj isn't so very comfortable to feel lost, like aI speck in a blaze of of oh, dear, how redour Nellie s cheeks are to-day ! lseen jusing some of mother's cosmetic helpingto pet dinner, aye ?"Wife laughs, and husband looks pleased jin spite of his sorrow. Away he goes to 1his humble work. But he forgets fatigue, jfor he is blessed with a loving wife and a!happy home. Minseiiaiia.Debate under Difficulties. JoshuaR. Giddings, in his lecture at Boston Uieother evening, related the following inci-:dent: 'In Congress they sometimes had to'make speeches under great difficulties, of,BELLOWSA. N.which Mr. Giddings gave an amusing u-; looking customer standing by, w no proved 11 me nouse snail lie located there, inlustration. In 184-5 there was an unfortu- j to be I he owner of the bull. saying this, he did not think that the merenate man in the House from Ga. by the 'Oh, then you want 'em to fight, do ye ?' j offers of contribution by towns ought to dename of Black, who regarded himself as ejaculated homespun, dropping the end, and cide the question, but that it should be setthe especial champion of this State and of then at the top of his voice shouted, 'Go in tied fairly, in reference to the convenience,the peculiar institution.' When the Indian Tige T And Tige did 'go in.' Instantly j the interests and ihe honor of the Slate."bill was under consideration, he (Mr. G id-; the tide of battle was turned. Tige secured The whole course of Mr. Barnes wasrlinal took occasion to refer to tho old and was making good use of his vantage-; high-minded and honorable.matter of the Creek Indians and the slavesthat had been stolen by the Georgians ;Mr. Black took fire and made a speech, inwhich he' charged him with stealing ne-"roes and fraukin" a dress to his w ife. Thesouthern men fathered round him and spur -red Mm on. n ucn ae nau cunctuueu, ucI (Mr. UlddingSl replieu m mini terms, .is(Mr. Gid.. .... ..... would be imagined ; but Mr. Black did notiso re-ard it. and comma round to w ithin( . , , . 1 , .i four feet of him, with his heavy sword c tne ;'n his hand, said, Repeat that, and I willknock you down.' 4 Well,' said Mr. Giddings, 'I never had been knocked down ; itwould be a curiosity, and so of course I repeated it. (Loud and prolonged applause.)Some of the members tried to get himaway, but ho told them lo let him alone;he was a poor, harmless man.' Dawson ofLouisiana, a professed duelist,, came alongand, placing his hand on his pistol and cocking it said, 'D n him, I'll shoot him !' Hedid not think he was in any danger, butothers did, and a slaveholder from Maryland, armed with bowie-knife and pistol,came over and stood by his side with hisarms folded ; John Slidell and other southern men came over and stood by Black ;Kenneth Raynor (who has been called a'know nothing, since, but knew somethingthat day) who was fully armed came andtook up a position on bis left; CharlesHudson rose quietly and put himself on hisright ; and Solomon Foot, feeling his coldnorthern blood stirred somewhat, left hisseat and took up his position at the entranceof the aisle and there and thus they maintained the freedom of debate.Death from want of Sleep.The question, how long can a person exist without sleep ? is one oflener asked thananswered, and the difficulties of answeringthe question by experiment would seem toleave it forever unsolved. A communication to a British Society would seem to answer the inquiry, in a description of a cruelmode of punishment peculiar to the Chinese. A Chinese merchant had been convicted of murdering his wife, and was sentenced to die by being deprived of sleep.This painful mode of death was carried into execution under the following circumstances :The condemned was placed in prison under the care of three of the police-guardwho relieved each other every alternatehour, and who prevented the pf isoner fromfalling asleep night or day. He thus livedfor nineteen days without enjoying anysleep. At the commencement of the eighthday his sufferings were so intense that heimplored the authorities to grant him thebiessed opportunity of being strangulated,guillotined, burned to death, drowned, garroted, shot, quartered, blown up with gunpowder, or put to death in any conceivableway which their humanity or ferocity couldinvent. This will give a slight idea of thehorrors of death from want of sleep.A Picture.Fifteen years ago we were a school boywith a promising lad, who was the pride ofhis adopted parents, and gave more thanordinary promise "of future success andusefulness. Five years since we learned ofhis successful establishment in the mercantile business in Boston, w ith the utmost confidence of the commnnitj; sw j Jfinancier, and with a business of ten thousand a year.A few months since we met, in the streetsof Montpelier, a familiar, face but one whichavoided our gaze. A wet-k later, we heardof his confinement in his room at the UnionHouse, where his non-apperance had causedinquiry after him. The door of his roomwas forced apen and he was found lying inthe worst stales of delirium tremens. Histrunk near by was tilled with brandies, towhich he crawled and returned, lie part-, i . r . i .1. - .ly recovered to feel the consciousness ofhis condition to find himself the vic;itn ofa terrble appetite, n ruined man, his snugfortune squandered or at loose ends, andcreditors at prey over its ruins. A fewweeks since we chronicled his death. Hisexcuse was that the Doctor prescribed thedamnable stuff and he could nat resist itspotent sway,The above is a true picture. Howmany will read it and not steel themselvesagainst these villanous pill poisons and dramprescriptions? Green Mountain Freeman.A Dog Stout for the IIollkr. Da vs.The residents of North Water street,Geneva, N. Y were afforded no littleamusement, a few days since, by the incidents which follow : A countryman, the! owner of a large but usually good-natured' J,,g, drove into town on the day stated.j JJear the railroad crossing on Water street,: -Tiger' fell into bad company and a regularmuss ensued. Taken suddenly and almostunawares, the countryman s dog seemedhardly to comprehend whether it was a'free fight' in earnest, or only the roughSOrt of play of village 'hounds,' until hefound himself in a 'throat to mouth' contestwitU a regular fighting character, in theshape of a trained bull-dog, and getting theI worst of it. His master, however, by thistime comprehended the nature of the muss,and sprinsin?- from his wason, caught thebull-dog by his 'narrative' and endeavoredto separate the combatants,'let that dog alone, or I'll lam you overthe head! growled a rough and excitedground, when Bull's owner suddenly be -came converted to a peace-maker. Suitingj the action to the idea, he made a feini torelease his dog trom the vice-like jaws ofTiger. "i 'Let that dog alone, or I II font you overiuc uc.- ci.wu.s. uun... , ..- . - i . , i 1 1 i .... . . une siraiuientM uti nnu c-.ici.cu i ... .; huge proportions, that 'hack street dcsi.-t-ed. terror-stncKen at tne menace,Tiger pursued hl work in hand until thepiteous 'ki-yi !' of his assailant seemed toproduce pity in the dog's heart of the former, for he relaxed his hold and the latterslunk away, with the appearance of threelegs behind. As the countryman jumpedinto his wagon, he called out to bull-dog'smaster, 4Whenever you want another fight,just ay the word, as me and Tige allerstravel to-gether 1From the Green Mountain Freeman.'! The State House.In the debate at tbe recent session of theLegislature, and in the discussion iu thenewspapers, many and imriortant misstatemenlshave been made, and imputations injuriou to the honor and good faith of Moi.t-peliei-ihavebeen flippantly uttered. Thathonoris dear to us and to Montpelier ; andwe s,,iUKii!idertake to show to the entiresatisfaction of every candid mind that theseimputations are slanderous, and have theirorigin sometimes in defective information,too often in a grasping selfishness, recklessof the means it uses,The history of the extra session of 1857demonstrates the truth of the followingpropositions, viz: , ,1st. That the offers by other towns weremade in the first place for the vurnose ofplacing themselves on an equality withMontpelier, tn order to have the location ofthe cupitol decided upon the merits, and thefinal offer of Montpelier was for the purpose of putting herself orr an equalitywith Burlington, the object being the same,that is, to have the offers equal, and thusenable the Legislature to decide the location strictly upon its merits ; and that it isnot true that the location, was fixed atMontpelier b ecause ofthe offer, except ashere stated.2d. That the Legislature, so far as anyexpression of their opiuion was made, condemned the policy of allowing any town tocontribute any large proportion of the expense. And that the Legislature expectedthat the State would proceed to build theHouse u-holly out of their own funds, andrely on the bond for indemnity ; leaving thewhole matter of the enforcement of thebond to the will of future Legislatures.And the history of that session and ofthe two following sessions equally demonstrates that Montpelier has acted withscrupulous faith, and that it is Burlingtonout that now has a name. tarnished by dishonored faith.To this history of the extra session wefirst call the attention of the candid citizensof Vermont.The session commenced February 18thand continued to February 27 th.Ou the 18th, Mr. Merrill of Montpelierstated the history of the two Slale Houses, showing that Montpelier, under theact of ISOj, was at the whole expense ofthe first house, which was $10,000, and' 'l eror $18,000 toward iho second house ; none of which has been repaid.Thereupon Judge Ivittredge cf Fairhaven,who was one of tho leaders of the opposition to Montpelier, and second in abilityto no one of them, said that other towushad propositions to make.Mr. Stacy of Burlington, on the sameday, said :"He was aware that there are embarrassments in tho way of this question asto expense alluded to by the gentlemanfrom Montpelier, and as to other offers, alluded to by the gentleman from Eaii haven.To remove these embarrassments, he would (say that Burlington stood ready to furnishas good grounds, foundation and building asthe present, free of expense to the State.lie did not do this to bid against Montpelier,but to place Burlington on an equality withMon'pelier, and lo dicest the matter of dollars and cents. This lift the question simply whether it is desirable to change."When Mr. Stacy used the word buildingin this offer, he meant only to offer as goodgrounds, foundation and building as thenexisted in Montpelier in the burnt condition of the old building; the bill he introduced expressly so stated..Mr. Marsh of Brandon then inquiredwhether Burlington proposed to offer morethan a site. Mr. Stacy replied that "whathe proposed was merely to place Burlington and Montpelier ou equal terms. Hewould say that Burlington would in additionrespond in any amount which the Stateshould require."Mr. Kittredgc said:"Again he invited propositions from oiliertowns, for although he repudiated the ideathat the State should go a begging amongthe towns, believing that the Stale shouldbuild its own house, yet he supposed theCommittee would act in some degree inreference to thepropositions.Aa the cap-j itol is located no,it will bfl located fur-; ever.Mr. Barnes of Rutland said :"That if it is . thought best on the wholeto remove from Montpelier, Rutland offersj to contribute as much as any other town,' On the 20ih of February, Mr. Marsh ofBrandon made the offer of 550,000 furBrandon.j Mr. Albee of Westminster, said he "woull( not hold out inducements for towns to build' he would not have the State bribed.... .....w..ti.. l .. .1.- .. . t...t f i:.: l.., -hm.u. .v w.n.,.-.......that Jutland should I'lniieU the grounds,' and deliver all the marblenecessarv for af marble building.On the 18th of February, Mr. Merrill,, of Montpelier, had read in the House ani estimate made by Mr. Silloway, the Architect, stating the expense of re-building tobe 45,785. The opponents of Montpelieri argued and claimed that this estimate wasdelusive, being altogether too low,-. Andfor the purpose of removing all doubt upon this estimate, on the 21st of FebruaryMr. Merrill offered, in. behalf of Montpelier, to re-build the House, and pay all theexpense over $45,800 ; in other words, indemnifying the State against any excess ofexpense over $45,800. "Mr. Howard of Danville, said:"Vermont should buildJier own House;it should bo the property of the people, inwhich every tax payer should have an interest." .... . . ' -Februrary 23d, Mr. Wentwortb of Rockingham, introduced a bill to locate the StateHouse at Bellows Falls, conditioned thatthe town furnish the grounds and preparethe same.Mr. Stacy of Burlington, repeated, "thatBurlington did not come to bid againstMontpelier, especially at this stage ; sheonly wished to be considered without prejudice as to dollars and cents." He then repeated his proposition, which was, as hesaid, to make Burlington equal with Montpelier. .Mr. Stoddard of AVaterford, said :"Now, I ask, gentlemen, dignify these offers with any language we will, if the hateful iivtejit to purchase our support is notapparent? If this sort of thing is to goon, and to control legi-lation, the time willcome when the only morning salutation willbe, 'what is the price of stocks ?These;offers are injurious to the small towns, andtend to monopolize and centralize all thefavors ot the btate m a few large towns.Mr. Spencer, of Castleton, a leading opponent of Montpelier, said :"True, Vermont has got property atMontpelier, fit to go into a new structure,and he thought it right foi Burlington orRutland to contribute in offset to that property ; and while he said this he protestedfrom his heart against the State's dependingupon either of the towns for a State House.He would not accept a dollar beyond thevalue of the property at Montpelier. Itwould be a stigma vpon tte Legislature andthe State."Mr. Bradley of Brattleboro, said :"This is not an auction. Neither of the.three prominent towns regard it as such, orexpect the Capitol to be struck off to thehighest bidder. It is perfectly obvious thatthe State, if willing to do so, can extort almost any sura it pleases from either onewhich it shall select for its Capitol. But I,fur one, do not feel like raising a revenuefrom the loan of our institutions taking atown in our grasp, as I would take a half ofa lemon, squeezing it dry, and then throwing away the rind and trying another."February 25ih, Mr. Cnderwood or I lardwick, said :"Even if the citizens of Burlington offerto reimburse the amount, it would be wrongfor us to allow them to do it."On the same day, Wednesday, it was tentative of Montpelier he woud say, thatgenerally conceded that the prospect was i Montpelier evaded nothing, withdrew nothdark for Burlington, and as the last resort, ; in" from its offer."Mr. Stacy offered, for Burlington, to build ir -. ii l uuuoc lite ut i .v j -v 1 1 iu . . 1 uiotc,as g'tod as the one consumed by fire.Mr. Powers of Woodstock, said :"Why, it is said that Burlington proposesto give a house ! Does anybody believethat the people of Burlington, or any othertjwn, will build a suitable house at theirown expense, and present it as a gratuityto the state f lie would caution gentlemen against laying any such flattering unc -tion to their souls. If they did, they mightbe assured that time will not only discloseto them their mistake, but their peculiar Iverdancy. For one, he did not believe the :people of Vermont, (whatever a majorityui tueir representatives iiiigut iiu, in muir carry OUl llieir oner.zeal to gratify their preferences or their j The excitement now ran high, and onprejudices,) were yet prepared to render j consultation it was deemed advisable tothemselves supremely ridiculous in the eyes ' stop at once this al tempt to-defeat the biltof the world, as they would be 6ure to, by ! by indirect and hypocritical objections, andeven a manifestation of willingness on their I Mr. Merrill then moved an amendment Upart to accept of such a gift at the hand of j strike out the words requiring the paymentany town or community. As one of the of a certain sum, "one half in one yearrepresentatives of a magnanimous people, j and the ether half in two years," and inserthe would here wash his hands of any such ! a provision for a bond to secure the payniggardly penuriousness as such an act ment of a certain sum, "one half in onewould be sure to indicate." j vear and the other half in two years," andAfter Burlington had made its last bid, insert a provision for a bond to secure the"Mo itpelier was applied to by friends from pay ment of the expense, (but from harryall parts of the State, to make an equal of-i and inadvertence retaining the provision forfer, they saying that this game of "brag" i the payment of one-half in one year, it,was all for "Buncombe," and that the State ' which of course Was nugatory and a blunwoulJ make it right, but that Montpelier j der. as it is of course impossible to ascermiisl make the offer in order, as Sir. Stacyj said in making his first offer, to have thei question settled upon its merits. And forthat purpose, and in compliance with ou-if-j,... i.ius ihcscukii, l mc cic.inij; ixtsmuuoi a' euruary z.mii, air luernu oi iuonipe-jjytier, said :That bidding was distasteful to h'm ; butif the Capitol is to be put up at auction, jthen Wontpeaer wished to be heard. Lur-ado another bid to-day, and !ore say fsaid Mr. M.l that Iiinglon has maI would thcrefniam authorized ' by the Committee of thecitizens of Montpelier to say to the House,!! dictinctly and emphatically, that Montpelier ;. now makes an oiler in every respect equalI to that of Burlington." :i And upon another point he added : i"Mr. Chairman, I regret that gentlemen ihave said upoh the floor that Montpelier i ''begging' of the Legislature. I deny it, iemphatically. When and how has she ta-ken this position ? Who has in her behalfa-ked your mercy? All that she asks is;that the State should consider the whole ''matter as it is, in view of the pHst action Iof the State. And if you say to her t h tsuch is the call made upon her, h 15 a tl-tling to make the sacrifice of her interestupon the altar of our noble CommonwealthAnd w hile to offering herself as sacrifice, she will only lament that she hn bceoleaning upon a 'broken reed,' but will gatherup the resourced that rumain to her, andhope to be sustained by those derating sentiments that always attend and Ides patriotic sacrifices. All that she object to is, tobe made a sacrifice to the interest, of anyone town or to the pride of any prouderrival. :, t. :;;.'.:' -tA "On the afternoon of February 26th, thefinal ballot was taken, and a majority wasfound in favor' of Montpelier. Thereupon, the bill for re-building at Montpelierwas taken up and referred to a committeeof five, composed of Messrs. Merrill ' ofMontpelier, Stacy of Burlington, Barnes ofRutland, Powers of Woodstock, and Stewart of Middlebury ; and at the evening aession this committee (Mr. Stacy only dis--senting)reported a bill providing thatMontpelier should give security te paythousand dollars, one-halt in onoyear and one-half in two years ; leaving itfor the house to fill the blank, and notdoubting from the indications of sentimentas to the true policy of the Stale, that somareasonable sum would be inserted.But, before the evening' session a last,,desperate attempt was devised and organ-:ized by the friends of Burlington, whichwts to push Montpelier to the extremestoffer, and clog the bill with impraeticabhiconditions, in order if possible to defeat it.Accordingly, Mr. Stacy reported, as a minority of the committee, a provision for'i Mompelier's giving a bond to re-build "withsuch alterations in the internal arrangementsas the committee shall direct." And rfMontpelier did not furnish a bond, therBurlington might furnish a bond to build athouse "equal in structure, proportion amiaccommodations to the one destroyed by fire."It is a remarkable fact, which somehowseems to have escaped notice, that the offerof Burlington never went beyond buildinga House equal to the one destroyed. Tbeynever offered to build one equal to the onenow in progress of erection.Mr. Powers thereupon argued that tbofState must go forw ard and build.Mr. Kittrcdge thought, he said, the billought to embrace the offer of Moctpelkrsaying: . m"The gentleman from Woodstock prfvposes to let Montpelier off. In that hermight agree. But he wished to knowwhether Montpelier holds herself bound byIter offer. If so, the matter can be easilyarranged in the bill ; though be apprehended that after all it will not be convenientfor any of these towns to pay what theyagree to, and that the State will hare torelieve them."Mr. Merrill of Montpelier, said that"As an individual and as a legitlator, hwas decidedly opposed to .aim wing -(ownto build or contribute to build a SlatHouse ; he would be ODposed to it whetherthe house is to be at Montpelier, Burlington or any other town, and he had alwaysso expressed himself. That as the repre-Mr. Kittrcdge thought Montpelier shouldfill the blank. "For one he would votagainst making Montpelier or any othertown build the house."Mr. Bradley of Brattleboro, said '."For his own part he despired from thebottom of his heart, and below the bottomfJiis heart, this system of sponging thotowns. But the State has got into the dirt jwe must roll in it ; let us roll in it a little,and fix some sum. He would fix a reason-aide sum.Mr. Kimball of Putney, a zealous opponent of Montpelier, talked with loud clamorand charjied that thera was equivocationand dodging, and called on Montpelier Ifftain the half of on unknown snm.) " 'This amendment was made solely in or, , have the location decided upon irsm(.ritj by jiavillg tue 0ffera equt.1, trusting,0 a fU(Urc Legislature to act dispassionateanj(5 , ,wisely in regard to the time antji manner of euofrcing the bond.On this a-.iuiidment Messrs. Barnes oiRutland, KiUred!,e and Spencer voted inthe ",t'v'' ,,- lifthe struggle was continuedj by offering amendments, the whole and viIdent purpasa of which was to defeat the local!' in at Montpelier. Mr. boencer moved!an amendment requiring Montpelier to payin f j oat time to time as necessary, the btalonever lo'pay over $5,000 in advance. 'Mr. Powers objected to this amendmentbecause Ihe Stal should secure a Uuseindependently of any town.Judge Kittredge (who was then Circuit.lud'c) said hs thought the eoarts would-not enforce th bond, because Montpelierhas ptn'd enough, and that the h of tinsproperty was Providential not the faultrf Montpelier.The amendment was rejected by strong